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Serious A19 crash in North Yorkshire on 30 June 1981 at 09:15 involving a lorry

A lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire at 09:15 on Tuesday 30 June 1981. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 24-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jun 1981
Tuesday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Lorry and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.22325, longitude -1.3199, in the YO7 postcode district. The location was in the former Hambleton district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198112C075081
Council area
North Yorkshire
Police force
North Yorkshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
19
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198112C075081 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 1981.